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D/A Converters

D/A Converters. Dr. Paul Hasler and Dr. Phil Allen. DAC Type. Advantage. Disadvantage. Current Scaling. Fast, insensitive to switch parasitics. Large element spread, nonmonotonic. Voltage Scaling. Monotonic, equal resistors. Large area, sensitive to parasitic capacitance. Charge Scaling.

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D/A Converters

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  1. D/A Converters Dr. Paul Hasler and Dr. Phil Allen

  2. DAC Type Advantage Disadvantage Current Scaling Fast, insensitive to switch parasitics Large element spread, nonmonotonic Voltage Scaling Monotonic, equal resistors Large area, sensitive to parasitic capacitance Charge Scaling Fast, good accuracy Large element spread, nonmonotonic Types of D/A Converters

  3. Current Scaling D/As The output voltage can be expressed as Vout = Rf(I1 + I2 + I3 + … + IN) where the currents I1, I2, I3, ... are binary weighted currents.

  4. D/As built from R-2R Ladders The output voltage can be expressed as Vout = Rf(I1 + I2 + I3 + … + IN) where the currents I1, I2, I3, ... are binary weighted currents. “The resistance seen to the right of any of the vertical 2R resistors is 2R.” Not monotonic

  5. Current Scaling D/As The output voltage can be expressed as Vout = Rf(I1 + I2 + I3 + … + IN) where the currents I1, I2, I3, ... are binary weighted currents. Fast (no moving nodes) and not monotonic (mismatch)

  6. Voltage Scaling D/As Typical Approach Alternate Approach • Guaranteed monotonic, • Compatible with CMOS technology, • Large area if N is large, • Sensitive to parasitics, • Requires a buffer, • Large current can flow through the resistor string.

  7. Based on capacitor matching (not monotonic) Charge feedthrough and parasitic issues Charge Based D/A Converters No moving nodes - insensitive to parasitics (parasitic-insensitive switched capacitor circuitry) - fast Can not eliminate charge feedthrough

  8. Improving D/A Performance Divide the total resolution N into k smaller sub-DACs. • Smaller total area. • More resolution (reduced largest to smallest component spread) So how do we do this? • Combination of similarly scaled subDACs Divider approach (scale the analog output of the subDACs) Subranging approach (scale the reference voltage of the subDACs) • Combination of differently scaled subDACs

  9. Need to describe Floating-Gate DAC blocks: Floating-gate elements for arrays (connect paper and draft of journal) Floating-gate elements as trimming elements

  10. Current DAC Charge DAC Subranging Converters

  11. D/A Based on Two Charge Amps •MSB subDAC is not dependent upon the accuracy of the scaling factor for the LSB subDAC. • Insensitive to parasitics, fast • Limited to op amp dynamics

  12. Combining Unique SubDACs MSB: Charge Scaling (high # of bits) LSB: Voltage Scaling (monotonic) LSB: Charge Scaling (high # of bits) MSB: Voltage Scaling (monotonic)

  13. Pipelined D/A Converters

  14. DAC Figure Primary Advantage Primary Disadvantage Current-scaling, binary weighted resistors 10.2-3 Fast, insensitive to parasitic capacitance Large element spread, nonmonotonic Current-scaling, R-2R ladder 10.2-4 Small element spread, increased accuracy Nonmonotonic, limited to resistor accuracy Current-scaling, active devices 10.2-5 Fast, insensitive to switch parasitics Large element spread, large area Voltage-scaling 10.2-7 Monotonic, equal resistors Large area, sensitive to parasitic capacitance Charge-scaling, binary weighted capacitors 10.2-10 Best accuracy Large area, sensitive to parasitic capacitance Binary weighted, charge amplifier 10.2-12 Best accuracy, fast Large element spread, large area Current-scaling subDACs using current division 10.3-3 Minimizes area, reduces element spread which enhances accuracy Sensitive to parasitic capacitance, divider must have ±0.5LSB accuracy Charge-scaling subDACs using charge division 10.3-4 Minimizes area, reduces element spread which enhances accuracy Sensitive to parasitic capacitance, slower, divider must have ±0.5LSB accuracy Binary weighted charge amplifier subDACs 10.3-6 Fast, minimizes area, reduces element spread which enhances accuracy Requires more op amps, divider must have ±0.5LSB accuracy Voltage-scaling (MSBs), charge-scaling (LSBs) 10.3-7 Monotonic in MSBs, minimum area, reduced element spread Must trim or calibrate resistors for absolute accuracy Charge-scaling (MSBs), voltage-scaling (LSBs) 10.3-8 Monotonic in LSBs, minimum area, reduced element spread Must trim or calibrate resistors for absolute accuracy Serial, charge redistribution 10.4-1 Simple, minimum area Slow, requires complex external circuits Pipeline, algorithmic 10.4-3 Repeated blocks, output at each clock after N clocks Large area for large number of bits Serial, iterative algorithmic 10.4-4 Simple, one precise set of components Slow, requires additional logic circuitry Summary of D/A Converters

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